In the United States came into effect additional tariffs on imports from China worth $16 billion
Moscow. August 23. INTERFAX.RU — China has protested and imposed the same duties on American goods.
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In the United States on Thursday entered into force the import duties on goods from China worth $16 billion, as previously planned, warned Washington.
Beijing announced a similar step in respect of imported American goods.
U.S. customs has confirmed that from 00:01 (07:01 GMT) on Thursday goods from China worth $16 billion, in accordance with the established list will be taxed at 25%.
The Ministry of Commerce of China issued a statement in which he emphasized that “in this regard, China maintains a strong protest and forced to continue to take retaliatory steps.”
At the same time the statement said that China in response to the actions of the United States will submit a claim to arbitration, WTO, desiring to “protect the pivot mechanism of multilateral trade and of its fundamental interests”.
In July, the US and China on a reciprocal basis, imposed an additional import duty of goods worth $34 billion. the American President Donald trump has threatened that may impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods by $200 billion.
As others have noted, the United States overturned the decision on additional tariffs of $16 billion, despite the fact that currently in Washington, is the delegation of Commerce of China, leading the negotiations to resolve trade frictions.
The Chinese side has repeatedly warned Washington that is strongly opposed to the trade war, offering to solve problems through dialogue and consultation. At the same time, Beijing stated that it would mirror to answer all the protectionist measures taken by the U.S., as prejudicial to Chinese interests, and the interests of the development of world trade, and damage the United States itself.